Collar-fastener.



A. H. WHITEHEAD.

COLLAR FASTENER- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31.1911.

Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

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ing at Hood River, in the county of Hood River 'and Stateof Oregon,- have invented certain new .i and useful Improvements in l fastener adapted to take the place of the Collar- Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification. v i

This invention relates to an improvement in collar fasteners, andmore particularlyto a device of vthis character; intended for use in securing a laundried orsoft collar in place upon the band-0f aishirt or waist,rat

the backof the neck.

An object of my invention is to provide a usual button as employed in the connection mentioned and which devicemay be cheaply and simplymanufactured by'bending up to the proper shape a single blank of sheet metal or other suitable material. i

A further object resides in so constructing the fastener that a tongue is eXtended in hooked formation from a body portion, which body portion has a pa'irof side extensions substantially at the base of thetongue as bent over to form the hook, thereby producing channels or recesses at the sides of the tongue to receive that part of the neck band adjacent the button hole, and thus secure the device in the button hole, while at the same time the turned back portion of the tongue will prevent downward movement of the collar dueto the fact that 'the band of the collar will be naturally drawn in whereas the neck-band is forced ou t- 1 maklng up neck bands for shirts or waists, it

i is customary to provide a pocket at the back wardly. I V r I Yet another object liesin providing a collar fastener which presents that part eX- tending through to secure and hold the collar in place to be of such formthat when used in connection with turn over collars the tie will lie smoothly and slide freelythereover in the adjustment of the tie whereas when employed in connection with standa ing collars the tie can be fitted beneath the bent down tongue portion and will then be held against riding up on the collar; 7

With the above and other objects in view, which will be in part describedand in part understood from the specification, drawing, and claim, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully set forthi emanate n. wHrrEHnAn, off-noon nrvnraonnsolv. cotnanmasrnn nn;

Specification of lietters Patent.

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' .App1icati0n filed March 31,1911. seria1No.'158,918

. In the drgiwings- .i Figure: 1 s a fragmentary sectionalview takenthrough a collar and the'neck band of ashirt and showing my improved. fastener applied therewith;

tener; and, 1 a H Fig, 3 is a view showing the blankas the same will appear before thetongueisj bent or'folded back. 7 I i f: p The blank from whichthe fastener is'bent up,[the form "of which is bettershownin Fig. 3, includes a body portion l'whichhas a tongue2 extending therefrom and side ex tensions Sand 4 formed on each side of the tongue. The side extensions are so shaped that recesses 5 and 6c are ,providedbetween F g. 2 is: ancelevational viewof thefas- 5 the same and the tongue2, and as the tongue is bent or folded back after the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2, theserecesses are presented on each side of the turned back portion of the tongueto thus give the extensions 3 andt substantially the form of hooks. To facilitate insertion of thetongue througha button hole, it is perhaps prefer able that the ends be .bent outwardly from a arallel relation with respect to the body of the band and to form the button hole through the outer layer of fabric making up the pocket, and thus will be seen that when the fastener is fitted in the relation set forth, the body portion 1 will not have bear 7 7 ing against the neck of the wearer, however,"

if desired, the fasteners might be made up of celluloid or other suitable material of a like nature and then could be used upon'shirts or waists having the button hole formed entirely through the neck band, and itjof' 1 course being understood that a V fastener made up of sheet metal could be used in the same way provided the metal be of suchcharacter that it will not discolor or poison the skin. The fitting of the fasteirier thrcugh the button'hole presents the parts in such form that as the fastener is pulled or drawn upwardly, the upper edge of the button hole will be caught in the recesses 5 and 6, and the fastener will be held against pulling through the button hole bythe extensions 3 and 4, whereas the fastener is held against displacement from downwardstrain through the fact that the tongue is fitted through the button hole. The slighttongue is hooked therethrough whereas downward slipping movement will be precluded by the extension of the bent portion of the tongue through the button hole of the collar band, and by reason of the fact that'the collar is drawn in rather tightly against the neck band when the collar is fitted in place. I I

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a collar fastener which may be more cheaply manufactured than the usual forms of collar button, which does not pull in through the pressure of the collar and punch into the neck of the wearer, and which lies fiat within the fold of a turn over collar to thus preclude interference with adjustment of the tie, while at the same time affording a hook under which the tie may be caught when the fastener i used with a standing collar to hold the tie from riding up on the collar; the parts being shaped and formed to hold securely within the button holes of the neck band and the collar and to thu positively preclude the possibility of V the collars shifting or accidentally loosenmg. r

than those herein mentioned might be employed in the making of the fastener, and that a number of changes and variations might be resorted to in the device without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, in view of which fact I wish to be limited only to such points as may be set forth in the claim.

I claim:

A collar fastener comprising an arcuate fiat body forming points at the upwardly directed corner of said body, a, tongue 6X; tended from the center of the straight edge of said body and between said points, the tongue being bent back upon itself substantially parallel with the body and adapted for engagement through the registering openings of the back of the shirt band and a collar, the bent back or bight portion of the tongue preventing downward movement of the fastener within said shirt band, the points of said body extending upwardly upon either side of the portion of the tongue connecting with the body, the pockets formed between the points and the opposite portion of the tongue having seated therein the opposite end walls of the button hole in the shirt band upon an upward movement of the fastener within said button hole, said. point preventing the fastener from being drawnout of the button hole of the shirt. band. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. WHITEHEAD.

Witnesses VViLLIAM L. FOWLER, JOHN E. BURCH.

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Washington, I). C. 

